Flying OfficerJames Noble Mackenzie

1919 - 25 June
1943

Fort William,
Invernessshire - Amsterdam

Not much is known about
James Noble Mackenzie. He was born in 1919, son
of William and Eliza Mackenzie, of Inverlochy,
Fort William, Invernessshire.

He was a pilot flying with
51 Squadron.

51 squadron at the time
flew halifax bombers out of Snaith. On 24 June
1943, F/O Mackenzie and his crew were detailed
to participate in a mission against the German
city of Wuppertal. F/O Mackenzie's crew
consisted of:

The crew took off in
Halifax JD250 MH-R from Snaith at 23.13. They
were intercepted over Holland, just after they
crossed the coast, by Ofw Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of
IV./NJG1, who proceeded to shoot down the
Halifax. It crashed into the North Sea, possibly
trying to fly back to England.

The bodies of P/O Fitchett,
F/O MacKenzie and Sgt Murdock washed ashore and
are buried at different cemeteries in The
Netherlands. The remaining crew members remain
missing and are commemorated at the Runnymede
memorial.